Resilient wheel



J. E. GAREIS RESILIENT WHEEL. I APPLICATION FILED FEB, 3, 1921.

Patented Mar. 14; 1922.

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. RESILIENT.WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3.19211 Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

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JOHN E. GAREIS, OI FLUSH, KANSAS.

- RESILIENT WHEEL.

Application filed February 3, 1921. Serial No. 442,182.

' which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in resilient wheels and more particularly to a wheel of that type embodying inner and outer fellies, having arranged therebetween a cushioning element, the outer felly being provided with side plates engaging the in.- ner felly to form an enclosure for the cushioning element.

An important object of theinvention is to provide in a construction'of this type an engagement between the inner felly and the side plates to effectually prevent the entrance of dirt and water to the cushioning element. A

A further object of the invention is to provide in a device of the above character an outer felly which is formed of coacting annular sections which are separable to permit. placing and removal of a tire or a demountable rim by which the tire is carried.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a deviceiof this character a novel and improved cushioning element consisting in a continuous spring disposed intermediate the inner and outer fellies and embodying portions engagingthe outer fellyand portions engaging the inner telly arranged in staggered relation to those engaging the outer felly, the corresponding ends of the portions being connected by substantially radially extending portions of the spring.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent throughout the course of the following description:

In the accompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention,

Figure '1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a vehicle wheel constructed in accordance with my invention, parts being broken away,

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a section on'the line 3-3 of Figure 1, p

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, 4

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is a-fragmentary perspective of the outer felly and side plates attached thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the spokes of a wheel to the outer extremities of which is secured an inner felly 11. Arranged about the inner felly 11 and normally concentric therewith when weight is removed from the wheel, is an outer felly 12. The innor felly ll has secured to its peripheral face an annular steel band 13, the band being held in position by means of-bolts 14 extending through the band and felly 11. The marginal edges of the band 13 are provided with upstanding flanges '15, and the band intermediate the flanges 15 has its outer surface transversely grooved at spaced intervals as indicated at 16. The marginal flanges 15 have extending therethrough bolts 17 transversely alining with the grooves 16 of the plate 13. These bolts have their heads countersunk in one of the flanges 15 as indicated at 18 and their opposite ends have threaded engagement with the other flange 15, the ends of the bolt being flush with the outer faces of the'flange's.

The outer folly 12 is composed of a main section 20 extendiug'ncarlv across the width of the completed folly and a complementary section 21. The coacting faces of the main section 20 and complementary section 21 are so formed that when the'scctlons are applied the correct positioning thereof is automatically insured. the main section 20 bein shown in the present instance as provid with an annular V-shaped groove 23 which receives a V-shaped projection 24 formed upon the com'plement'ar section 21. The main section 20 is provi ed with a marginal flange 25 and the complementary section 21 is provided with a similar flange 26 for a purpose hereinafter to appear. Each of 100 the main and complementary sections 20 and 21 has secured thereto an annular side plate 27 which is adapted to engage the corresponding face of the inner felly l1 and plate 13. alined pairs of apertures 28 adapted for the receptionof bolts 29 whereby the side plates 27 and sections 20 and 21 of the outer folly 12 are held in position. The main section 20 of the outer 'felly 12 has formed in its 110 Specification of Letters Patent. Paten ted ,Ian 14, 1922,

The side plates'27 are provided with under surface, alined with each or the openings 28 thereof, transversely extending grooves 30.

A spring S is provided, formed of a con tinuons strip of spring metal bent to form substantially circnniferentially extending portions 31 engaging the inner folly and similar portions engaging ihe enter felly and staggered With relation to the portions 31, the corresponding ends of the portions being connected by crimped portions of the spring as indicated at 33. Each of the portions 31 and 32 is provided with a crimp or ofi'set adapted to aline with a notch 16 or a notch 30 i'and the portions of the springs 31 and 32 extend intermediate the bolts 17 and 29 respectively and these notches, If desired, wear plates 34 may be disposed intermediate the bolts 17 or 29, the case may he, and the spring, and intermediate the spring andthe coacting face of its respective felly.

The sides of the plate 13 have formed therein grooves 35 adapted for the reception of rings fill, a criniped spring 37 being dis-- posed intermediate the ring and the interior of the groove and forcing the rings as outivardly for engagement with the side plates 27 whereby the entrance of dirt and Water between the side plates and the inner folly is effectually prevented.

in the assemhly of my wheel, the spring 5% is first pla ed in position on the plate 13 intermediate the flanges 1:") thereof and the wear plates ill i'l these are to be used, placed in position. The bolts 17 are then inserted and hold the spring firmly in position upon the inner telly. The main section 20 of the outer 'lelly is then applied thereto, the wear plates inserted and the bolts 29 placed in position to secure the spring to the main section. ll desired. in placing, the bolts 29 in position, anti-skid chain hooks l'l may be applied intermediate the heads thereof and the plate 27. The tire l. may then he applied with or WliliOHi, the emovahle rim R, and

meaeee b obvious that not only may a .tire be applied to and removed from the wheel. hut the longevity of the resilient elen'ient inpioyed is materially increased by reason oi tie fact that the entrance of foreign matter tending to deteriorate the same is ell'crtuallv prevented,

it will furthermore he obvious that the of the same is such that construction of the same as hereinabove setforth is capable of some chaug e Without inaterially departing from the spirit of my invention, and l accordingly do not limit myself to the specific structure hereinuhove set forth except as hereinafter claimed.

d' hat l claim is:

in a vehicle Wheel, inner and outer follies, flanges secured t5 the outer telly, a hand secured to the inner telly and provided at the sides thereof with marginal flanges, circuinferentially spaced tr: nsverse grooves formed. in said hand and outer telly and arranged in. staggered elation to each other. bolts mounted in said flanges and alined with the grooves in the hand and outer telly, acushionin spring disposed intermediate said inner and outer follies and embodying alternate inner and onter 'ielly ezigaging portions fitted in the grooves and he'tween the tellies and hol'ts, and wear-plates disposed intermediate the bolts and ring and intermediate the spring; and ies.

in tcstiinon whereof I hereunto athx my 

